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ablate
0
v 1: wear away through erosion or vaporization
2: remove an organ or bodily structure
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accumulate
0
v 1: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the
man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot
of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
[syn: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up,
amass, compile, hoard]
2: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office";
"The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate,
conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass]
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aciculate
0
adj 1: related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae
or needlelike parts
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aglet
0
n 1: metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or
ribbon [syn: aglet, aiglet]
2: ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform
[syn: aglet, aiglet, aiguilette]
-
amulet
0
n 1: a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck
and thought to be a magical protection against evil or
disease [syn: amulet, talisman]
-
anklet
0
n 1: a shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the
ankle
2: a sock that reaches just above the ankle [syn: anklet,
anklets, bobbysock, bobbysocks]
3: an ornament worn around the ankle [syn: anklet, ankle
bracelet]
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annulet
0
n 1: (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle; "a hollow
roundel" [syn: annulet, roundel]
2: molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column [syn:
annulet, bandelet, bandelette, bandlet, square and
rabbet]
3: a small ring
-
appellate
0
adj 1: of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually
legal appeals); "appellate court" [syn: appellate,
appellant]
-
armlet
0
n 1: a band worn around the arm for decoration [syn: armlet,
arm band]
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articulate
0
adj 1: expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear
expressive language; "articulate speech"; "an articulate
orator"; "articulate beings" [ant: inarticulate,
unarticulate]
2: consisting of segments held together by joints [syn:
articulated, articulate] [ant: unarticulated]
v 1: provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of
wood" [syn: joint, articulate]
2: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns
to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice, formulate,
word, phrase, articulate]
3: speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces
French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can
the child sound out this complicated word?" [syn:
pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out,
enunciate, say]
4: unite by forming a joint or joints; "the ankle bone
articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle bones"
5: express or state clearly [syn: articulate, enunciate,
vocalize, vocalise]
-
auklet
0
n 1: any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts
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autopilot
0
n 1: a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness;
"she went about her chores on automatic pilot"; "too much
of the writing seems to have been done on automatic pilot";
"she talked and he dozed and my mind went on autopilot"
[syn: automatic pilot, autopilot]
2: a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or
planes or spacecraft on a steady course [syn: autopilot,
automatic pilot, robot pilot]
-
ballot
0
n 1: a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting
2: a choice that is made by counting the number of people in
favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor
of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person" [syn:
vote, ballot, voting, balloting]
v 1: vote by ballot; "The voters were balloting in this state"
-
billet
0
n 1: a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get
there" [syn: note, short letter, line, billet]
2: lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)
3: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office,
spot, billet, place, situation]
v 1: provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: quarter,
billet, canton]
-
booklet
0
n 1: a small book usually having a paper cover [syn: booklet,
brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet]
-
bookplate
0
n 1: a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is
pasted [syn: bookplate, ex libris]
-
bracelet
0
n 1: a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a
wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist [syn: watchband,
watchstrap, wristband, watch bracelet, bracelet]
2: jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration [syn:
bracelet, bangle]
-
breastplate
0
n 1: armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a
cuirass [syn: breastplate, aegis, egis]
-
bullet
0
n 1: a projectile that is fired from a gun [syn: bullet,
slug]
2: a high-speed passenger train [syn: bullet train, bullet]
3: (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung
late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"
[syn: fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet]
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capsulate
0
adj 1: used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule
[syn: capsulate, capsulated]
v 1: enclose in a capsule [syn: capsule, capsulate,
capsulize, capsulise]
-
chaplet
0
n 1: flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage
or flowers for ornamental purposes [syn: wreath,
garland, coronal, chaplet, lei]
-
chocolate
0
n 1: a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar;
usually drunk hot [syn: cocoa, chocolate, hot
chocolate, drinking chocolate]
2: a food made from roasted ground cacao beans
3: a medium brown to dark-brown color [syn: chocolate,
coffee, deep brown, umber, burnt umber]
-
circlet
0
n 1: a small circle
2: decorated metal band worn around the head
-
coagulate
0
adj 1: transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid
mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood"
[syn: coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous,
grumose]
v 1: change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state;
"coagulated blood" [syn: clot, coagulate]
2: cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
[syn: clot, coagulate]
-
conflate
0
v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
[syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle,
immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
-
consulate
0
n 1: diplomatic building that serves as the residence or
workplace of a consul
-
contemplate
0
v 1: look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought; "contemplate
one's navel"
2: consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and
taking a full-time job"
3: think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He
is meditating in his study" [syn: study, meditate,
contemplate]
4: reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the
afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of
God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to
observe and start to excogitate" [syn: chew over, think
over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate,
muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate,
speculate]
-
copperplate
0
n 1: a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used
on copperplate engravings
2: a print made from an engraved copperplate
3: an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has
been etched or engraved [syn: copperplate, copperplate
engraving]
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correlate
0
adj 1: mutually related [syn: correlative, correlate,
correlated]
n 1: either of two or more related or complementary variables
[syn: correlate, correlative]
v 1: to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; "Do these facts
correlate?"
2: bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation;
"I cannot correlate these two pieces of information"
-
corselet
0
n 1: a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a
breastplate and back piece [syn: corselet, corslet]
-
couplet
0
n 1: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair,
twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet,
distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad]
2: a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually
rhymed
-
coverlet
0
n 1: a decorative bedspread (usually quilted)
-
cumulate
0
v 1: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my
office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate,
cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass]
-
cutlet
0
n 1: thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or
broiled [syn: cutlet, scallop, scollop, escallop]
-
deflate
0
v 1: collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a
balloon"
2: release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air mattress"
3: reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review
of his work deflated his self-confidence" [syn: deflate,
puncture]
4: produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy"
[ant: inflate]
5: reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a
decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency" [ant:
inflate]
6: become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons
deflated" [ant: blow up, inflate]
-
denticulate
0
adj 1: having a very finely toothed margin
-
deregulate
0
v 1: lift the regulations on [ant: govern, order,
regularise, regularize, regulate]
-
desolate
0
adj 1: providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills";
"barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high
Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark
landscape" [syn: bare, barren, bleak, desolate,
stark]
2: crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low
desolate wail"
v 1: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the
lurch; "The mother deserted her children" [syn: abandon,
forsake, desolate, desert]
2: reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the
countryside" [syn: depopulate, desolate]
3: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay
waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: lay waste
to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge]
-
disarticulate
0
v 1: separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before
cooking it" [syn: disjoint, disarticulate]
-
disconsolate
0
adj 1: sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled;
"inconsolable when her son died" [syn: inconsolable,
disconsolate, unconsolable] [ant: consolable]
2: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war";
"a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter
landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November";
"a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn: blue,
dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim,
sorry, drab, drear, dreary]
-
dissimulate
0
v 1: hide (feelings) from other people
-
distillate
0
n 1: a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor
during distilling; the product of distilling [syn:
distillate, distillation]
-
doorplate
0
n 1: a nameplate fastened to a door; indicates the person who
works or lives there
-
doublet
0
n 1: a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance
-
driblet
0
n 1: a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); "he
had a drop too much to drink"; "a drop of each sample was
analyzed"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man";
"years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet
by driblet"--Kipling [syn: drop, drib, driblet]
-
droplet
0
n 1: a tiny drop
-
eaglet
0
n 1: a young eagle
-
ejaculate
0
n 1: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is
ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed,
seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come]
v 1: utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He
blundered his stupid ideas" [syn: blurt out, blurt,
blunder out, blunder, ejaculate]
2: eject semen
-
electroplate
0
n 1: any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal
by electrolysis
v 1: coat with metal by electrolysis; "electroplate the watch"
-
emasculate
0
adj 1: having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: effeminate,
emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified,
sissyish, sissy]
v 1: deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the
law" [syn: emasculate, castrate]
2: remove the testicles of a male animal [syn: emasculate,
castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise]
-
emulate
0
v 1: strive to equal or match, especially by imitating; "He is
emulating the skating skills of his older sister"
2: imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the
hardware or the software
3: compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with;
"This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors"
-
encapsulate
0
v 1: enclose in a capsule or other small container
2: put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize
the news" [syn: encapsulate, capsule, capsulize,
capsulise]
-
eyelet
0
n 1: a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges)
in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or
bar [syn: eyelet, eyehole]
2: fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole
to permit the attachment of cords or lines [syn: cringle,
eyelet, loop, grommet, grummet]
-
faceplate
0
n 1: a protective covering for the front of a machine or device
(as a door lock or computer component)
-
fillet
0
n 1: a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef [syn:
fillet, filet]
2: a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish [syn: fillet,
filet, fish fillet, fish filet]
3: a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus [syn:
lemniscus, fillet]
4: a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband [syn:
taenia, tenia, fillet]
5: fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to
join steel members [syn: fillet, stopping]
v 1: decorate with a lace of geometric designs [syn: fillet,
filet]
2: cut into filets; "filet the fish" [syn: fillet, filet]
-
fishplate
0
n 1: metal plate bolted along sides of two rails or beams
-
flagellate
0
adj 1: having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
[syn: flagellate, flagellated, whiplike, lash-
like]
n 1: a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with
whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other
animals [syn: flagellate, flagellate protozoan,
flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore]
v 1: whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" [syn:
flagellate, scourge]
-
flageolet
0
n 1: a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually
dried [syn: flageolet, haricot]
2: a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb
holes [syn: flageolet, treble recorder, shepherd's
pipe]
-
flatlet
0
n 1: a tiny flat
-
footplate
0
n 1: the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the
engineer stands to operate the controls
-
formulate
0
v 1: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you
develop the ideas in your thesis" [syn: explicate,
formulate, develop]
2: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or
principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to
measure the speed of light" [syn: invent, contrive,
devise, excogitate, formulate, forge]
3: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns
to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice, formulate,
word, phrase, articulate]
4: prepare according to a formula
-
frontlet
0
n 1: an adornment worn on the forehead [syn: frontlet,
frontal]
-
gauntlet
0
n 1: to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet";
"took up the gauntlet" [syn: gauntlet, gantlet]
2: a glove of armored leather; protects the hand [syn:
gauntlet, gantlet, metal glove]
3: a glove with long sleeve [syn: gauntlet, gantlet]
4: a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run
between two lines of men facing each other and armed with
clubs or whips to beat the victim [syn: gauntlet,
gantlet]
-
gimlet
0
n 1: a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice
2: hand tool for boring holes [syn: auger, gimlet, screw
auger, wimble]
-
goblet
0
n 1: a drinking glass with a base and stem
2: a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup
[syn: chalice, goblet]
-
granulate
0
v 1: form into grains [syn: granulate, grain]
2: become granular [syn: granulate, grain]
3: form granulating tissue; "wounds and ulcers can granulate"
-
hamlet
0
n 1: a community of people smaller than a village [syn:
hamlet, crossroads]
2: the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge
the murder of his father
3: a settlement smaller than a town [syn: village, hamlet]
-
harlot
0
n 1: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn:
prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart,
cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady,
lady of pleasure, woman of the street]
-
helot
0
n 1: (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned
by the feudal lord [syn: serf, helot, villein]
-
hotplate
0
n 1: a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or
keeping food warm [syn: hot plate, hotplate]
-
immaculate
0
adj 1: completely neat and clean; "the apartment was
immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick-
and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps" [syn:
immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and-
span, spic, spick, spotless]
2: free from stain or blemish [syn: immaculate, undefiled]
3: without fault or error; "faultless logic"; "speaks impeccable
French"; "timing and technique were immaculate"; "an
immaculate record" [syn: faultless, immaculate,
impeccable]
-
inarticulate
0
adj 1: without or deprived of the use of speech or words;
"inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate
and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with
rage"; "an inarticulate cry" [syn: inarticulate,
unarticulate] [ant: articulate]
-
inflate
0
v 1: exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
[syn: inflate, blow up, expand, amplify]
2: fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons" [syn: inflate,
blow up] [ant: deflate]
3: cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or
credit; "The war inflated the economy" [ant: deflate]
4: increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in
value; "inflate the currency" [ant: deflate]
5: become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [syn: balloon,
inflate, billow]
-
inlet
0
n 1: an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky
headlands) [syn: inlet, recess]
2: an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or
container [syn: intake, inlet]
-
inoculate
0
v 1: introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My
teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"
2: introduce a microorganism into
3: perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation;
"We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated
the children in the school" [syn: immunize, immunise,
inoculate, vaccinate]
4: insert a bud for propagation
5: impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to
render immune
-
inosculate
0
v 1: come together or open into each other; "the blood vessels
anastomose" [syn: anastomose, inosculate]
2: cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis;
"anastomose blood vessels" [syn: anastomose, inosculate]
-
insufflate
0
v 1: breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act,
especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit
2: treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity
3: blow or breathe hard on or into
-
insulate
0
v 1: protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with
insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before
winter came"
2: place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners
from the other inmates" [syn: isolate, insulate]
-
inviolate
0
adj 1: (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact,
virginal" [syn: intact, inviolate]
2: must be kept sacred [syn: inviolable, inviolate,
sacrosanct]
-
islet
0
n 1: a small island [syn: isle, islet]
-
isolate
0
v 1: place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners
from the other inmates" [syn: isolate, insulate]
2: obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the
compound"
3: set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he
is working on" [syn: sequester, sequestrate, keep
apart, set apart, isolate]
4: separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
-
kinglet
0
n 1: small birds resembling warblers but having some of the
habits of titmice
-
lancelet
0
n 1: small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal;
primitive forerunner of the vertebrates [syn: lancelet,
amphioxus]
-
leaflet
0
n 1: a thin triangular flap of a heart valve [syn: cusp,
leaflet]
2: part of a compound leaf
3: a small book usually having a paper cover [syn: booklet,
brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet]
-
legislate
0
v 1: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation;
"They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how
people spend their free time" [syn: legislate, pass]
-
mallet
0
n 1: a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a
hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
2: a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike
such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas,
glockenspiels, etc. [syn: mallet, hammer]
3: a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually
wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or
for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing [syn:
mallet, beetle]
-
matriculate
0
n 1: someone who has been admitted to a college or university
v 1: enroll as a student
-
miscalculate
0
v 1: judge incorrectly; "I had misestimated his determination"
[syn: miscalculate, misestimate]
2: calculate incorrectly; "I miscalculated the number of guests
at the wedding" [syn: miscalculate, misestimate]
-
mullet
0
n 1: highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet
[syn: mullet, grey mullet, gray mullet]
2: freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body;
found worldwide [syn: mullet, grey mullet, gray mullet]
3: bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on
the chin
-
nameplate
0
n 1: a plate bearing a name
-
nutlet
0
n 1: a small nut
-
oblate
0
adj 1: having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar
diameter; being flattened at the poles [syn: oblate,
pumpkin-shaped] [ant: prolate, watermelon-shaped]
n 1: a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious
life
-
omelette
0
n 1: beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be
folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly [syn: omelet,
omelette]
-
ovulate
0
v 1: produce and discharge eggs; "women ovulate about once every
month"
-
palette
0
n 1: the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist
or painting or school of art [syn: palette, pallet]
2: board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix
paints and the range of colors used [syn: palette,
pallet]
3: one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of
armor [syn: pallette, palette]
-
pallet
0
n 1: the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist
or painting or school of art [syn: palette, pallet]
2: a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are
stacked on it
3: a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and
shaping clay
4: a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as
a bed
5: board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix
paints and the range of colors used [syn: palette,
pallet]
-
pamphlet
0
n 1: a small book usually having a paper cover [syn: booklet,
brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet]
2: a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the
form of a booklet [syn: tract, pamphlet]
-
particulate
0
adj 1: composed of distinct particles [ant: nonparticulate]
n 1: a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that
remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions
(usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant) [syn:
particulate, particulate matter]
-
piglet
0
n 1: a young pig [syn: piglet, piggy, shoat, shote]
-
pilot
0
n 1: someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
[syn: pilot, airplane pilot]
2: a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters
going into or out of a harbor
3: a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to
attract sponsors [syn: pilot program, pilot film,
pilot]
4: something that serves as a model or a basis for making
copies; "this painting is a copy of the original" [syn:
original, archetype, pilot]
5: small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a
larger gas burner [syn: pilot burner, pilot light,
pilot]
6: an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear
the track [syn: fender, buffer, cowcatcher, pilot]
v 1: operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba" [syn: fly,
aviate, pilot]
2: act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan,
direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance; "Is
anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was
navigating the ship during the accident?" [syn: navigate,
pilot]